About Karanji Village

Karanji is a mid sized village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,523, made up of 753 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485 hectares hectares.

Karanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karanji village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Hingoli
Tehsil	Basmath
Area (hectares)	485 hectares
Population	1,523
Male Population	753
Female Population	770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karanji compares

By the 2011 count Karanji is the 55th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 485 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Karanji

Karanji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karanji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karanji from other places

Karanji lies about 37 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Chondi, about 14 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karanji
Nearest railway station	Chondi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basmath	16 km
Nearest town	Basmat	16 km
District headquarters	Hingoli	37 km

Villages closest to Karanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basmath tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Karanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Karanji village had a population of 1,523. That makes it the 55th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Karanji village has 753 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karanji has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Karanji covers 485 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karanji falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karanji is Chondi, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karanji.

Karanji is about 37 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karanji is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Chondi is about 14 km away. Basmath is about 16 km away. Basmat is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.